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According to a report by Hubei Daily on April 27, Guo Tingyu, a police officer from the Cyber Security Brigade of the Qingshan Branch of the Wuhan Municipal Public Security Bureau, was recently awarded the Individual Second-Class Merit. Guo Tingyu graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology with a degree in computer science. In 2023, he passed the civil service exam to join the police force. In early 2024, he took charge of the first virtual currency theft case in all of Hubei Province. After nearly 70 days of investigation and case-solving, the amount of involved funds exceeded 100 million yuan, and all five suspects were fully dealt with in accordance with the law.

According to an official announcement posted on X on April 27 by Polymarket developers, Polymarket will roll out a full platform infrastructure upgrade at 11:00 UTC on April 28, with trading paused for about 1 hour. This upgrade includes new generation trading contracts, a rebuilt order book, and the introduction of a new collateral token, pUSD. The platform’s existing collateral assets will be migrated from USDC.e to pUSD.

According to Techiexpert, on April 27 Telegram launched a no-code AI bot builder tool. Users can create and deploy AI bots through point-and-click operations without any programming skills. The new tool supports a variety of AI models such as GPT and Llama, and is integrated into Telegram Business.

Elon Musk filed a lawsuit over OpenAI’s alleged betrayal of its nonprofit founding commitments, and on April 27 launched jury selection in a California court. The presiding judge is Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. According to court documents, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is listed as a witness who will testify during the trial, with a final ruling to be issued before mid-May.

According to the official announcement posted by Babylon Foundation on X on April 27, the foundation announced depositing $3 million USDT into Aave, including $2 million allocated to Aave V3 and $31M allocated to Aave V4, with the aim of expressing support for Aave and the DeFi ecosystem.

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz said in a podcast episode he posted on YouTube on April 25 that the U.S. “CLARITY Act” will be submitted to a Senate committee for review during the first week of May, and it is expected that Trump will complete the signing in June. Alex Thorn, head of research at the firm, estimates the probability that the bill will pass in 2026 at 50%.

Bitcoin (BTC) sees a sharp short-term surge and rebound, temporarily trading at around $78,900 as of April 27. Trump’s provocative remarks about the shooting incident boosted the prices of meme coins such as TRUMP, MAGA, and DJT, because a carefully crafted narrative has once again come back into view. The U.S. Treasury has moved Venmo into the debt donation payment channel, after the previously strategic Bitcoin reserve bill stalled.

Ascending triangles indicate growing buying pressure but need to be confirmed. Toncoin and Fantom display better trends than others in consolidation. Overall market conditions still play a crucial role in the success of breakouts. A common technical pattern has begun to emerge among

Sui Network decentralized lending protocol Scallop posted an official announcement on the X platform on April 26 (Sunday), confirming that it was hit by a vulnerability attack. The attacker extracted approximately 150,000 SUI from an abandoned rewards contract associated with sSUI spool. According to the official statement, the core liquidity pool and users’ deposits were not affected. The protocol has restored deposits and withdrawals, confirming that the company will fully reimburse all losses with company funds.

Strategy founder Michael Saylor posted Bitcoin Tracker information on the X platform on April 26, with the caption “The ₿eat Goes On.” Saylor also shared a purchase history chart showing that since 2020, he has completed 107 Bitcoin transactions. According to the prior pattern, the company typically discloses additional Bitcoin purchases the day after the Tracker post is published.

Bitcoin rose above $79,000 during the Asian trading session on April 27. At the same time, the spot gold price fell to a low of $4,672.11 per ounce, with an intraday decline of more than $38. The backdrop is that U.S. President Trump canceled the itinerary of his special envoy to Islamabad, Pakistan, and the U.S.-Iran peace negotiations have hit a stalemate. Federal Reserve Chair Powell is scheduled to preside over his final news conference of his tenure at the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on April 29.

Wise money seems to be flowing towards scalable and useful blockchain networks. Builders and users continue to be key predictors of future growth. Both layer-1 and layer-2 projects are benefiting. Changes in capital flows are seen across the digital asset landscape in 2026, with a few al

On-chain analysis reveals consistent accumulation in TON, Arbitrum, SUI, NEAR, Injective and Aptos, indicating early speculation by whale investors. Growth in developer activity and the ecosystem continues to be key drivers of long-term value for layer-1 and layer-2 networks. The

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced sanctions on multiple wallets linked to Iran as part of President Donald Trump's efforts to increase economic pressure on the country amid an ongoing ceasefire, according to CNN. The action followed Tether's freeze of $344 million in USDT on Tron,

NASA plans to have astronauts living permanently on the Moon by 2033, according to a briefing by NASA administrator Jared Isaacman to US and international partners on April 26, 2026. The project will cost £24 billion and follows the successful completion of Artemis II's first manned lunar orbit

The Trump Treasury Department is accepting donations from Americans to help reduce the US national debt, which has reached $39 trillion according to the department's official website. This comes as interest payments on federal borrowing have surpassed spending on Medicare and the defense budget. Th

Brazil has enacted a sweeping ban on prediction markets and betting platforms, according to local media and government filings. The two leading prediction markets, Polymarket and Kalshi, were confirmed inaccessible to researchers based in the country, with the Banco Central do Brasil publishing a fo